[Neuroinfo] CfP: Workshop on SDN for Scientific Networking

[Nikolich, Anita]

CALL FOR PAPERS

Workshop on SDN for Scientific Networking

in conjunction with SC¹15
https://es.net/network-r-and-d/workshops

Nov 20th, 2015 ­ Austin, Tx

Submission Deadline: August 15th, 2015

 
 
Join us for a special workshop ³SDN for Scientific Networking², a
technical half-day workshop held in conjunction with SC¹15, that brings
together domain scientists, HPC experts, network operators and security
practitioners for a discussion of the current state of Software Defined
Networking (SDN). With participants from campuses, academia, research,
industry, and government, this workshop will discuss current and proposed
uses for SDN in scientific communities. This workshop will explore the use
of SDN for network optimization, address the security challenges with SDN
and discuss emerging SDN architectures. The paper panels and lightning
talks will focus on innovative SDN use cases either planned or in
production.
 
Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
o   Data workflows - SDN¹s Value for Data Stage-In, Stage Out
o   New security considerations and challenges with SDN (e.g., protecting
the controller, dealing with complexity and new dynamics)
o   SDN for Integration of on site and cloud jobs
o   SDN for Multi tenancy
o   SDN use cases within Scientific Disciplines such as climate change,
genomics, and others
o   SDN to enhance the security of the Science DMZ or solve security
challenges in new ways (e.g., SDN-based firewalls)
o   SDN within the HPC Data Center
o   QoS guarantees and SDN for real-time science (e.g., getting large
volumes of instrument data offsite in real time)
o   SDN for Distributed Science DMZs
o   SDN for interconnecting Science DMZs or HPC centers
o   Fabrics based on SDN switches and cluster schedulers that are either
aware of cluster topology or can control the topology
 
Organizers: 
Nick Buraglio, ESNet
Dale Carder, University of Wisconsin ­ Madison
Anita Nikolich, National Science Foundation
 
Planning Committee:
Josh Bailey (Google)
Brian Bockelman (University of Nebraska ­ Lincoln)
Michael Bushong (Brocade)
Robert  Grossman (University of Chicago)
Julio Ibarra (Florida International University)
Inder Monga (ESNet)
Adam Slagell (National Center for Supercomputing Applications)
 
 
Paper Submission
The workshop solicits outstanding original research and practice papers as
well as architectural designs on all aspects of SDN for scientific
computing. Papers should clearly demonstrate the research or practical
contribution and the relevance to scientific computing. Submitted papers
will be reviewed by at least three members of the planning committee. Full
papers are not to exceed 10 pages including all references and figures.
Shorter papers (no minimum length) are highly encouraged for the lightning
talks. We also welcome case studies and proposed architectural designs. If
you're submitting a paper or lightning talk, please anticipate attending
this workshop or sending a representative to present for you.
 
Paper submissions are managed electronically through the EasyChair
Website: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sdnworkshopsc15
 
Important Dates:
Paper Submission Deadline ­ August 15
Paper authors notified ­ September 11
Camera-ready papers due ­ October 9
SDN for Scientific Computing Workshop ­ Nov 20th (8:30 AM ­ 12 PM) at SC¹15